Guidance for workers

Guidance for workers about their rights under the Equality Act 2010

The Commission has written a series of guides to explain your rights under equality law. These guides support the Equality Act 2010. the Act brings together lots of different equality laws, many of which we have had for a long time. By doing this, the Act makes equality law simpler and easier to understand.

• Your rights to equality at work: when you apply for a job
• Your rights to equality at work: working hours, flexible working and time off
• Your rights to equality at work: pay and benefits
• Your rights to equality at work: training, development, promotion and transfer
• Your rights to equality at work: how you are managed
• Your rights to equality at work: dismissal, redundancy, retirement and after you have left a job
• Pre-employment health questionnaires for job applicants
• Telling people about your disability or health when you apply for a job (Easy read)
• The employer's duty to make reasonable adjustments to remove barriers for disabled people
• What to do if you've been discriminated against
• Equality Act 2010 Code of Practice on employment
• Equality Act 2010 Code of Practice on equal pay

Last Updated: 04 Sep 2015